"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." Ted Nugent

I love my WASR, but between the two I'd go with the Mossberg 1st. The 12 gauge can fill both short range and medium range roles depending upon what it's loaded with, so if I could only choose one, it'd be the shotgun.